Herald’s Best of 2021: Top stories, sections, reporters and more

Welcome to the Boston Herald’s 2021 bests list. From top stories, sections, reporters and more — our gift to you this holiday season is the gift that keeps on giving: A year in review roundup.

All the articles and sections listed here generated the most online traffic from you, the readers. And boy did you click on some of these. It’s a year we’ll never forget. The pandemic has put a spike in all our lives, but we never stopped delivering the news! As Howie Carr points out, how many will thank Donald Trump for seeing a way out of this virus? As always, keep the tips coming to [email protected] and we’ll chase them down. 

Let’s ring in 2022 with our top 22 stories of 2021:

1. Woman wanted for allegedly stealing Nancy Pelosi’s laptop arrested
2. Vitamin D can help reduce coronavirus risk by 54%: Boston University doctor
3. Was Biden looking at his watch during ceremony for Marines killed in Kabul?
4. Something stinks with timing of curfews being lifted in Massachusetts
5. Trump hopes everyone ‘remembers’ him when they get their coronavirus vaccines
6. Howie Carr: Thanks for everything, President Trump
7. Full text of Trump’s statement on impeachment acquittal
8. Cape Cod fisherman OK after whale gulps him down, spits him out
9. How long will immunity last after getting a coronavirus vaccine?
10. Florida’s peak of the delta wave could be days away, university models show
11. Massachusetts winter weather: A possible ‘sizable snowstorm’ after Arctic blast
12. Cholesterol drug found to reduce coronavirus infection by up to 70%, according to new study
13. Health care worker dies after second dose of COVID vaccine, investigations underway
14. Trump sends out new email with more to come
15. Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft release statements on Julian Edelman’s retirement
16. Braceras: Rapinoe no victim, her team earned more than men
17. How to get your coronavirus vaccine at Gillette Stadium
18. Outburst of profanity toward Shohei Ohtani explained as ‘a crime of passion’ by Red Sox reliever Adam Ottavino
19. Nearly 4,000 fully vaccinated people in Massachusetts have tested positive for coronavirus
20. Battenfeld: Joe Biden can’t handle a press conference – where is the outrage?
21. Snow in the forecast for Massachusetts: Up to 2 inches could cause slippery commute
22. Howie Carr: Biden’s babbles continue

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